Materials:

Abbreviations:

ch = chain

sl st = slip stitch

sc = single crochet

dc = double crochet

dc2tog = double crochet 2 sts together

BLO = Back Loops Only

sts = stitches

Instructions:

When working with two colors, you will be working over the color not being used. When
changing color, finish the last stitch worked in the old color by
pulling up a loop of the new color through the last two loops worked.

BAG

With brown, ch 2. 6 sc into 2nd ch from hook. (Optional: crochet over the top of the yarn tail as you go, so that you don't have to weave it in later.)

Round 1: *2 sc in next st, repeat from * around. (12 sc)

Place st marker in last st worked. Move st marker up for each round to keep track of where rounds begin and end.

Round 40: Work over top of brown yarn. With light grey sc in each st around. (72 sc)

Round 41: With light grey sc 2. Move marker (this is the new beginning/end of rounds from here on). Work over top of light grey yarn. With brown sc in each st around. (72 sc)

Cut light grey yarn flush.

Round 42: Sc in each sc around. (72 sc)

Round 43: In this round, work through BLO. Ch 2, *dc in each of next 4 sts, dc2tog, repeat from * around, sl st in top of first dc. (60 dc)

Rounds 44-47 (4 rounds): Ch 2, dc in same st as sl st and in each st around, sl st in top of first dc. (60 dc)

Round 48: This is the eyelet round – the round where you will later thread the drawstring through. Ch 2, dc in same st as sl st, *dc in each of next 3 sts, ch 2, skip next 2 sts and dc in next st, repeat from * to last 5 sts, dc in each of next 3 sts, ch 2, sl st in top of first dc. (40 dc, 10 ch-2 spaces)

Round 49: Ch 2, dc in same st as sl st, dc in each dc, 2 dc in each ch-2 space, sl st in top of first dc. (60 dc)

Round 50: Ch 2, dc in same st as sl st, dc in each st around, sl st in top of first dc. (60 dc)

DRAWSTRING

Holding both strands of the black and both strands of the light grey yarn together, make a twisted cord. (You can find tutorials for this online.)

Knot the end and trim the yarn to be even. On the other end of the cord, attach 2 lengths of black and light grey yarn measuring approximately 4 in / 10 cm each. Make a knot and trim the yarn to be even.